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TABLE 8 Optimum Performance of Ruggedized Multiple-Prism Grating
Master Oscillatora

Output energy (mJ) A\’ (hIHz) 6%’h AB (mrad) C (rnkl)

2.2-3.6 300 4.63 x 10-7 0.35 0.01
aFrom Duarte er al. [72], with permission.

TABLE 9 Performance of Ruggedized Multiple-Prism Grating Master
Oscillator Prior (First Row) and Following (Second Row) Field Testa

Output energy (mJ) Av (MHz) 6k% AB (mrad) C (mhl)

2-3 300 1.45 x 10-6 0.51 0.01
2-3 300 1.18 x 10-6 0.45 0.01
.From Duarte et al. [72]. with permission

TABLE 1 0 Performance of Flashlamp-Pumped Master-Oscillator/
Forced-Oscillator Systems0

Forced-oscillator output
blaster oscillator configuration energy Energy gain Reference
Tso etalons Flat-mirror cavity 600 mJ at 589 nm 200 [751
A\, = 8.65 GHz
Three etalons Planoconcave resonaior 3J -267 [761
i2v = 4 GH2
Trio etalons Flat-mirror cavity 300 mJ at 590 nm [771
A\’ = 346 MHz
MPL Positive-branch unstable resonator 600 mJ at 590 nm 60 ~731
Av 5 175 MHz
OXdapted from Duarte [37]. with permission.

via excitation mechanisms such as Penning ionization [go]. Table 11 lists some
of the most widely used transitions in dye laser excitation. Note that the quoted
powers are representative of devices available commercially. It should also be
indicated that not all transitions may be available simultaneously and that more
than one set of mirrors may be required to achieve lasing in different regions of
the spectrum. Also, for a mirror set covering a given spectral region, lasing of
individual lines may be accomplished using intracavity prism tuners.